ILuvBillVal wrote:Metal is a funny genre because you can find some of the finest and worst examples of music theory all in one genre. I'm guessing you're a musician likely a guitarist (only guys that like Nevermore haha) and that's why you prefer standard vocals to screaming. In the musician world everything ought to fit logically within an appropriate scale or a mode and screaming vocals are more of a percussive style than a melodic one.
Pretty hard to stack thirds on there eh? I love it all just not a lot I can ALWAYS listen to.
Well, I am a guitarist. But I appreciate different techniques, including screaming. I just can't get my head around to actually enjoying it fully. I mean, I do like some screaming. For example, Devin Townsend, Early-A7X (which was core), Amon Amarth, Thy Catafalque, Amorphis etc
And yeah, I do quite enjoy Prog, and a little bit of Nevermore. But since I never fully got round to proper learning the guitar (I am still quite good, but nowhere near advanced or un-lazy enough to get to a decent standard) that I do enjoy expressive and sometimes overtly technical use of instruments.
And I'm the same, not a lot I can always listen to. Though I have some of my favourites. Also, I was always more of an "epic" song lover. I always prefer the longer songs in bands that have them. In my spotify, I have around 50-75 songs over 10 minutes in length. (Not all of them metal, mind you).
I also agree with the finest and worst examples. It is very true. Saying that, I am not so much a metal fan as I am a music fan where metal is one of my preferred genres.